Battle of Hartmannswillerkopf Part of the Western Front of World War I The memorial at Hartmannswillerkopf. Date 19 January – 22 December 1915 Location Hartmannswillerkopf, Alsace Result Stalemate Belligerents France  German Empire Commanders and leaders Louis de Maud'huy Hans Gaede Strength Seventh Army Armee-Abteilung B Casualties and losses 15,000 dead or wounded 15,000 dead or wounded

Western Front Belgium Halen Liège Dinant Namur Frontiers Charleroi Mons Great Retreat 1st Marne 1st Aisne Antwerp Race to the Sea Yser 1st Ypres 1st Artois 1st Champagne Hartmannswillerkopf Neuve Chapelle 2nd Ypres 2nd Artois 2nd Champagne Loos 3rd Artois Verdun Somme Arras 2nd Aisne 3rd Champagne (The Hills) Messines 3rd Ypres (Passchendaele) La Malmaison 1st Cambrai Spring Hundred Days Amiens

The Battle of Hartmannswillerkopf was a series of engagements during the First World War fought for the control of the Hartmannswillerkopf peak in Alsace during 1915.

Hartmannswillerkopf, also known as the Vieil Armand or Hartmannsweilerkopf is a pyramidal rocky spur in the Vosges mountains of Alsace. The peak stands at 956 metres (3,136 ft) overlooking the Rhine valley.

The mountain peak was a strategic area bitterly fought for by both sides. The most severe fighting for the peak took place on 19–20 January, 26 March, 25–26 April and 21–22 December 1915.^[1] Amongst the casualties was General Marcel Serret, commander of the 66th Infantry Division. After about 11 months of fierce combat, both sides began to focus most of their attention farther north on the Western Front. Only enough men to hold the lines were left at Hartmannswillerkopf. The lines remained relatively stable for the remainder of the war and generally only artillery exchanges took place. 30,000 died near Hartmannswillerkopf during the First World War, with the majority of deaths suffered by the French.^[1]

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Coordinates: 47°51′40″N 7°09′40″E / 47.8611°N 7.1611°E / 47.8611; 7.1611